Role of clay minerals in the physicomechanical deterioration of sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Jiménez González, Inmaculada ^a   Rodríguez Navarro, Carlos ^a   Scherer, George W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; HISTORIC BUILDING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING RATE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARIFA;

EID: 50849100456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000845     Document Type: Article

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